Trolley-catcher.



No. 895,25l.. PTBNTED AUG. 4,' 1908.

G, GESSERT. TROLLEY CA'ICHER.

Pimientos rum M1146, 19o

UNITED STrttwES PATENT OFFICE.

TROLLEY-CAREER.

Be it known that l, Gnomi; Gnssrznr, citizen ol the l'nited States of America, residing at Edwardsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in T rolley-t'atehers, of which the, following is a full, clear, and exact description, refermer: heine' had to the. accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an attachment. for the trolleys ot elet-tric railway ears-` whereby the trolley wheel iiiay :ilways he retained in juxtaposition to the. trolley wire even though it becomes .separated therefrom, and `will lie. caused to return to the wire without tension.

Figure l is a side elevation o the upper portion of a trolley equipped with niy attachnient. Fig. Il is in part a rear elevation und in part a vertical section faken on line ll` ll, Fig. I.

ln the aeeoinpanying drawings: desigy niites the pole ol an ordinary trolley, and t3 the trolley Wheel that is adapted to. ride in trontaet with the trolley wire or conductor t'.

hy the trolley pole and in irliirh the trolley wh: is journaled. This harp is provided with upwardly Iii-Meeting extension arins 2. thatextend upward per ein s will he positioned :ihove the trolley wire when the trolley wheel is ni contat-t therewith. 'llie extension arms ly troni the niiiin body ot the hnrlp :ind :ire of such length that their up- Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Serial No. 421.506.

z cated above the trolley wire and free ofuny notion while the trolley wheel is in its norinzil position of Contact with the, trolley wire. ln the event, however of the trolley wheel eseapinf:l from the trolley wire und moving downwardly, the rollers. 6 are lowered into contat-t with the trolley wire. against which they ride to prevent further descent of the trolley wheel thereby limiting the degre" -fo whirh the trolley wheel iiiiiy descend .ind

cause the trolley wheel to he held in a central I position beneath the trolley wire, ui order l designates ii harp or attachment carried that it will he again reinstated agiiinst the wire under the notion of the usuiil spring sup- 'iortiinP means connected to the trolley pole. The rollers ti being hitched by the s irings S, :ire irre to rerede upon the journals ol the shafts 3 whenever oeeiision for the recedingy thereof is iii -essary, .siii-li, for iiistiinee, as in 2 the passing; of 1hahungers by whit-h the troling through horizontal openings iii the ernis and n'ovidrd with journals l thiit extend lie- .slioulders :is seen in Fig. ll.

t :ire rollers in the shape of truncated runes, wliit'h :ire euch providedl with it .sleeve loosely fitted to the journals of tlie shafts 3,. in order that they may rotaie upon siiid journals. 'lliese rollers oppose each other lietween the extensit'rn iii-nis 2 und their .sl-eres are :idnpted to slide longitudinally upon 1li'.- joiirziiils ot' the sliailts 3, in order thiit theyv muy iippi'ozit'ii and ret'ede from exit-li other, the rollers hein. liniite'l in their movements thereof iidiiptet to engage the rihs .-'i iitthe ley wire is supported, sind in the lowering ol the trolley troni the trolley wire, or the repliwenient of the trolley wheel 1n contact with the trolley wire. ront the inner taires ol the orins and hear iii 1 their inni-r terminations aiinuliir rihs or While l have shown and described my :ittarhnient iis associated with the harp of a trolley, it is obvious that, the uttaeiinent might he applied at any other suitable point i in eonneetion with the trolley pole.

l Cliiizn: l. A trolley catcher eoi'nprising a pole, ii

harp having upwardly extending iirins, journals having rihs :it their Ainner ends sind shafts journiiied in the arms at, their outer l ends, truncated cone rollt-is having Sleeves toi-ined with interior shoulders loosely litted to the {onrnals :ind springs surrounding the towards enr-h other hy the provision ol shouljournins and sleeves etween the rollers und the arms.

2. A trolley eateher comprising if. pole, a

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ha rp having upwardly extend ing nrmsformcd wlth lnwnrdly projecting housmgs, )oumnls having ribs at their inner ends and smits f nais and sleeves heiwvvn thv mllvrs :xml Hw arms'.

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In prem-ucm; of* 3 LILY RUST, 1l. COOK. 

